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In the last 20 years, computers and the internet have made it possible...

Professor DeLys Ostlund of the Dept. of World Languages and Literatures...

Every week during the academic year, Currently celebrates faculty and...

Every week during the academic year, Currently celebrates faculty and...

Every week during the academic year, Currently celebrates faculty and...

When spring term moved to remote teaching and learning, Italian instructor Angela Zagarella turned to her native country of Italy, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, for inspiration to help guide online video discussions. One week, students in her second-year Italian class...

An Italian play will be performed in London this month — thanks to a group of Portland State University students who translated the work into English. "Variations on Kraepelin's Model," a play by Italian playwright Davide Carnevali, will be performed Nov. 18 in London's Theatre503 as...

Portland State University ranks in the top 4 percent nationally for graduating the most foreign-language majors, a testament to the strength of our language programs. With 135 majors, PSU ranked 30th in the country out of 925 four-year colleges and universities in awarding the most bachelor's...

Portland State University students studying Italian put their language skills to the test by translating parts of a documentary about Italy's gay community into English — with the hope that a wider audience would be able to enjoy the film. Students in Angela Zagarella's second- and third-year...

Cassio de Oliveira (right), a Portland State University assistant professor of Russian, World Languages and Literatures, will receive a $6,000 stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to fund his research this summer...